[DELTASPIKE-384] ViewConfigUtils.toNodeList() fails in EAR

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.4
• Fix Version/s: 0.5
• Component/s: JSF-Module
• Environment: JBoss AS 7.2.0.Final (EAP 6.1.0.Alpha1)
• Assignee: Gerhard Petracek
• Reporter: Richard DiCroce
• Created: 20/Jun/13 21:17
• Updated: 20/Mar/14 07:44
• Resolved: 01/Jul/13 21:02

Description

ViewConfigUtils.toNodeList() does not work in my EAR. ClassUtils.tryToLoadClassForName() returns null for every class that toNodeList() uses it to try to load. This eventually results in a NullPointerException.

To work around the problem, I have substituted my own version of the ViewConfigUtils class, containing the below rewrite of toNodeList() which is equivalent but doesn't require use of any classloaders:

public static List<Class> toNodeList(Class nodeClass) {
	List<Class> treePath = new ArrayList<Class>();
	do {
		treePath.add(0, nodeClass);
		nodeClass = nodeClass.getEnclosingClass();
	} while (nodeClass != null);
	return treePath;
}